Tractor accessory



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TRACTOR AccEssoRY Filedjllay 23, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 vEZII[ 19,

Alfred .E. Lame, .RELTmUfld ALBUM;

ar 12, 1940. I A. B. LQWE n M TRACTOR ACCESSORY 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Alfred B. Lmu Raymund AL-mue Patented Mar. 12, 1940'- UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE I TRACTOR ACCESSORY Alfred B. Lowe and Raymond A. Lowe,

Oak Harbor, Ohio,

Application May 23, 1939, Serial No. 275,260 4 Claims. (01. 214-132) Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a tractor having an embodiment of the invention herein incorporated therewith;

Fig. 2 isa view on the line 11-11, Fig. 1, looking into the top of the column as mounted for- 'wardly of the tractor and adapted to carry the I boom;

Fig. 3 is a'vi ew on the line Fig. l,

4 showing the boom mounting on the turn table at the column base forwardly of the tractor chassis; Fig. 4 is aplanview of the digging tool or fork end portion of its handle or boom; Fig. 5 is a section on the line V-V, Fig. 4,

showing features of the implement control in setup or operating position; I

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, with the control in dump or self-discharging position as to the implement;

Fig. 7 is a detail plan view, with parts broken away, of features of theimplement mounting and control;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line VIII-VIII, Fig@ 4, showing the self-discharging device; for freeing the tines of the tool of material tending to adhere thereto;

Fig; 9 is a plan view, with parts broken away, of the mechanism connections at the power takeoif for the implement or boom handle device;

Fig. 10 is a section on the line XX, Fig. 9,

showing the multiple direction control handle as incidental to the control herein. y

Tractor is herein shown having chassis I (Fig.

l) rear axle 2, front axle 3, power plant 4, steering wheel 5, and drivers station 6. From this power plant 4 (Fig. 9) there is power take-ofl' gear I. The chassis I (Fig. 1) has forwardly bracket 8, from which upwardly extends column 9 having near itsupperportion and fixed therewith collar Illv from which diverging struts II have rigid connection l2 with housing I! on the rear axle 2. Mounted on this'flxed. column 9,

- adjacent the bracket 8, is turntable l4 fixed with collar l5 thereover, rotatable relatively to the column 9. This collar l5 carries pivot means l6 mounting forwardly extending fork H, from which extends boom section box l8. This boom section l8 houses extension boom section l9'telescoped therein.

The boom section I9 (Figs. 4, 5, 6) has terminal portion 20 mounting pivot bar 2|,from

which extend ears 22 mounting cross-connection 23' carrying tines '24 of this open shovel or digging implement. From this cross-connection 23 and rigid therewith, there extends upwardly and rearwardly a pair of arms 25 to pivot pin -26 as connection to link 21 pivotally engaging collar 28, fixed with rod 29, s'lidable in eyes 30, 3|, fixed with the boom extension l9. From this pivot pin 26 is tension helical spring 32 extending to the eye 30 and thereby normally holdingthe working tool 24 in position approximating alignment with the boom I9 or in working or load receiving position. This position is positively retained due to a holding device, herein shown as having pivotal connection 33 fixed with the boom portion l9 and having therebetween -U-shaped portionv 34 normally in alignment with the rod 29 to hold such rod in such position that the collar 28 is adjacent the eye 30. This U-piece 34 has riser 35 therefrom. Connected to thisriser is tension helical spring 36 resisting shifting of this U-shaped piece away from across the end portion of this rod 29.

' Swinging of this holding device 34 clear of the rod 29 allows load 31 on the toolto overcome the action of the spring 32 and swing this tool on the pivot pin 2| into depending position as to the 'boom I8, thereby tending to allow such load 31 to clear the tool 24. However, in this movement there is automatic self-clearing control herein, for fromthis collar 28 thereexte'nd bow portions 38. to cross-member 39 adjacent the tines 24 and held in such position by tine-enveloping U-pieces 40, weld assembled with this strip or cross-memher 39. This means that these bows 38 .will thrust this cross-member 39 along the titles 24 to thrust the load 31 clear of such tines and thereby provide automatic self-clearing or self-discharging means for this working tool.

Weld or bolt anchored with the chassis in an eflective manner analogous to that adopted for. the bracket 8 is a supplemental frame embodying parallel side members 4|, 42, (Fig. 9), with cross connecting member 43. Additionally there are bearing providing cross-members ll, 45. The members ll, l3,'provide bearings 46, 41, for shaft 48 having gear 49 inmesh with the gear 1.. The

cross-pieces 44, 45, provide bearings 50, for shaft 52 having gear 53 also in mesh with the power take-off gear 1. Hand lever 54 has mounting 55 connected to control rod 56. This lever 54 has extension 5"! (Fig. in slot 58 of the frame bar M (Fig. 9). This means that a forward thrust of the lever 54 will act on the side of this slot 58 as a fulcrum and be effective to draw the rod 56 in guides 59, 60, and thereby be efiective from collar 6| to act on bell crank 62, and through link 63 thrust wedge collar 64 to act on friction clutch disks 65 in drum 66 for effecting driving winding on cable GLhaving extending therefrom -over guide pulley 68 reach 69 (Figs. 1, 3) about along by reach TI and boom I8 about pulley I8 (Fig. 1), on the section I8, thence by reach I9 to attachment 80 with the boom portion I9. This pulling action is effected at the drum 61, thus telescopically pulling the boom section I9 out of the boom section I8 in projecting the tool 24 for greater range of operation as to the distance from the chassis I of the tractor. As such distance of effective thrust is attained, foot lever 8| (Fig. 9) may be thrust forward and through link 82 act on band brake 83 to hold the drum 6'! and thereby maintain the determined adjustment for this implement as the lever 54 releases the drive.

There may be positive operation to effect shortening of the shovel or tool operation by the reverse throw of the hand lever 54 effective through collar 84 and bell crank lever 85 on wedge control 86 to act through clutch disks 8'! in locking drum 88 to be driven from the shaft 48 and thereby cause cable-89 passing about pulley 00 to have its reach 9I pass about pulley 92 (Figs. 1, 3) and therefrom by reach 93'about pulley 94 to pass from said pulley 94 by reach 95 upward through the column 9, thence to pass about pulley 96 (Fig. 2) with reach 91 downward therefrom about pulley 98 (Fig. 3) on the pivot pin I6, and

.thence by reach 99 (Fig. l) to engage connection I00 with the extension I9 and thus pull such boom extension I9 into the boom section IB' the desired distance. As this control for shortening is attained, it is only necessary that the brake pedal 8I be again operated and link extension I 0| therefrom tobrake band I02 is effective for holdin the drive released drum 88.

This thrusting in and out as to the implement relative to the chassis is independent of any swinging or shifting. To effect swinging, the handle 54 may be (say) swung to the left or outward from the chassis and thereby rock the rod 56, which has thereon upwardly extending arm I03 connected to link I04 engaging wedge piece I05, thereby operating disk clutch I06 to cause drum I01 to be locked with the shaft 48 and thereby drive through cable I08 passing about guide pulley I09 to reach H0 and cable gear speed reduction block 0' to pulley III (Figs. 1, 3) fixed with the bracket 8. From this pulley III reach II2 passes about turn table and is anchored with pulley II3 fixed with the collar I5 and thereby causes a pulling or swinging of the boom l8 to the left or counter-clockwise.

In the event it is desired to effect the clockwise or reverse swinging of the boom, the handle 54 (Fig. 9) is swung inward and such rocking is effective at arm II4 through link II5 to wedge II6 on theshaft 52, thereby throwing disk clutch Ill into driving connection for drum I I8 from the shaft 52. This means that cable II9 from thedrum II8 passes about gui'de pulley I20 and by reach I2I extends through speed reduction similar to the block 0' to pulley I22 (Fig. 3) on the bracket 8 opposite from the pulley I I I and has reach I23 therefrom pass about turn table pulley I24 to which it is fast, and thereby swing the collar I5 together with the boom I8, I9, in a clockwise or right hand direction opposite to that effected from the pulley II3. These controls from the hand lever 54 are thus effective for the projecting and swinging of the boom, together with its implement or tool at its free end or outer terminus.-

In the further handling of the tool, such may be effected from hand lever I25 to the right of the drivers station, from which there extends -rod I26 in bearings I21, I28, of the frame portion 42. A swinging of this hand lever I25 outwardly 'rocks the rod I26 and is effective at riser arm I28 through link I29 on wedge collar I30, thus throwing in disk clutch I3I to effect driving from the shaft 52 of drum I32 carrying cable I33 passing therefrom about guide pulley I 34 by reach I35 (Fig. 3) toguide pulley I36 fixed to the bracket 8, thence by reach I31 about guide pulley I38 and upward by reach I39 in the column 9, to

pass therefrom by guidepulley I40 (Fig. 1) and reach I4I to pulley I42 in bracket I43 fixedly connected with the primary boom portion I8 remote from the column 9. This pulley I42 is in pulley block which may have reach I44 therefrom back to the block or boom I40 for the desired speed reduction in the effecting of lifting or lowering of the boom. As such desired extent of shifting is attained the operator may use brake pedal I45 (Fig. 9),, effective through link I46 on brake band I41 and thereby hold the drum I32 as unclutched from the shaft 52 and against further raising or lowering of the boom I8. This means that the boom may be held downward to the, desired extent in the work or upward to the desired extent from the work.

Herein with this accessory there may be the usual controls for the power plant of the tractor and the rendering effective of .the power takeoff gear I. The various cable shafts 48, 52, are normally disconnected or loose therefrom. Holding action may be effected through the respective brakes while the driving is effected upon release of the brakes and the connecting end of the respective friction clutches. As the clutches are released the devices are free of the respective shafts.

In this latter position (say), as swung clear for dumping, there may be adjacent the operators station 6 a pull handle'I48 (Fig. 1), from which line I49 extends about guide I50 adjacent the top of the column 9, and from thence to theupright 35 adjacent the implement. It is thus seen that a pulling of this handle I40 will rock the holder 34 clear of the rod 29 and therebyallow the load 31 to swing the tool 24 on the axis 2I into depending position for gravity falling of the load therefrom, which action is assisted by themember 39 as sliding alongthese tines 24.

While the column 9 is rigid upward terminal coleven from digging, say as beets, potatoes. and

areaseo like products for loading, and even manure or other bulk material. This device permits ready location and working in a range .from a location independently of shifting the tractor during such operation or there may be regular tractor transit, all to be handled from the operators station, and this handling is effective for swinging of the working tool as to the tractor chassis, raising or lowering of the tool, thrusting or withdrawing the tool, and whether elevated or lowered to discharge material therefrom;

In the use 'of the term tractor herein, there has been special reference to that type of selfpropulsion vehicle for power duty with power take-ofi. However, the adaptation herein and the use of the term is primarily to apply to selfpropelled vehicles or so-called motor vehicles of the truck or type in which the body may be one having provision for the mounting of the various controls, there being retained the location for the column and boom.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. For a tractor having a power take oif, a

drivers station, and a chassis, a column mountable on the chassis, a. boom, a material handling multiple prong implement mounted by the boom remote from the column, a control for swinging the column and boom therewith, and a discharge control guided by the prongs and movable relatively thereto for clearing the implement of load, said control having connection from the column to the implement.

2. For a tractor having-a power take-'ofl, a

drivers station, a chassis, and ground wheels for the chassis, a boom forwardly of the ground wheels, a column rising from the chassisand providing adjacent the chassis a swing connection for the boom with the chassis, a transmission connected from the power take-off to the chassis and rearwardly of the ground wheels adjacent the drivers station, a tool connected to the free end of the boom, and control means for the tool and boom at the drivers station as fronting toward the boom. I

3. A tractor having a power take-off, a drivers station, a chassis, and ground wheels supporting the chassis, a boom mounted forwardly of the ground wheels on the chassis remote from and in -front of the station, shift mechanism for the boom mounted on the chassis adjacent the drivers station and connected to the power takeoff for swinging the boom as to the chassis. and

extending the effective length of the boom, and

a selective control for the swinging and xtension controls adjacent the drivers station whereby power source propelling the tractor is the power source to extend and swing the boom.

4. For a tractor having a power take-oil, a drivers station, and a chassis, a'column mountable on the chassis, a boom, a material handling implement mounted by the boom remote from the column,,a control for swinging the column and boom therewith, and a discharge control for 80 clearing the implement of load having connection from the column to the implement.

ALFRED B. LOWE. RAYMOND A. LOWE. 

